Prep gridiron games bumped up to 7 p.m. this fall

12:21 AM,
Feb. 25, 2013

Christie and Dallas Stricker with Lt. Governor Tate Reeves.

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For the past few years, the MHSAA has mandated that all of its football games kick off at 7:30 p.m. until after the first of October. After Oct. 1, kickoffs were allowed to be at 7 p.m.

Starting this fall, all football games will kick off at 7 p.m., across the board.

"This takes away any confusion about kickoff times and also will allow teams and fans to get back home a little bit earlier," Hinton stated in a press release. "We talked with our MHSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee and there wasn't any real difference in terms of the heat being more of a factor at 7 compared to 7:30." ...